Bernadette Peters was a brilliant Witch in
Into the Woods
and a radiant
Gypsy Rose Lee in the 2003 Broadway revival of
Gypsy.
And who can forgot the classic 1970's sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show?
For a reminder of just how good TV can be, the first two seasons are available on DVD :-)

In October 2001,
Alley Cat Allies introduced the first annual Feral Cat Day and
actress Edie Falco made public service announcements that aired on more than 300 television and
radio
stations to help spread the word.
Edie is also on the Board of Advisors of
Neighborhood Cats
formed in 1999 to promote trap-neuter-return ("TNR") as the most humane and
effective means of solving New York City's severe feral cat overpopulation crisis.
Last year Edie hosted an Animal Planet program, Growing up Black Leopard
which followed a rescued black leopard named Eddy from birth through his precarious
first year at the
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center in Denver, CO.
"I have a special place in my heart for animal welfare so I jumped at the opportunity
to host Animal Planet's program and help educate people about the captive wildlife
situation in this country," said Falco. "Thanks to organizations like the Rocky Mountain
Wildlife Conservation Center, animals like Eddy live happy lives."

And I'm sure all Edie Falco know she's finally back on HBO this spring as Carmela Soprano!
You can also catch the first five seasons
The Sopranos on DVD.

Ellen's award winning talk show can be seen on NBC monday through friday (times vary; it's on at 10am here in NY). Her wildly funny HBO specials
Here and Now and
In the Beginning are
available on DVD as are the first two seasons of her
TV series
Ellen which
was originally called These Friends of Mine when it debuted in 1994.

Pierce Brosnan has launched a personal and compassionate
appeal to save the world's great whales, and has partnered with one of the world's
leading conservation organizations, the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to do so.
"Pierce's personal commitment to protecting whales is inspiring to all of us," said
IFAW President Fred O'Regan. "This is a critical time for whales worldwide.
Whale hunting is on the verge of becoming an international industry.
It must be stopped, and the time is now. We know that Pierce's personal
call to action will lead the way for an unstoppable global campaign against whaling."

Pierce has of course played the suave and sexy James Bond many times, in
Tomorrow Never Dies,
The World Is Not Enough,
Goldeneye,
and Die Another Day but
before he was Bond he was TV private eye
Remington Steele. Season One
will be released on DVD July 26 and can be preordered now. He's also starred in the clever caper comedy
After the Sunset, a remake of
The Thomas Crown Affair that in many
ways surpasses the original and the underrated
Grey Owl,
based on the true story of a Scottish-Native American environmental activist in the 1930s.
The Deceivers, a Merchant Ivory film
Pierce made in 1988 in which he plays a British officer in 1825 India infiltrating
the mysterious and deadly Thuggee cult,
isn't as well known as most Brosnan films but I think it's one of his best. Also check out the 1986
supernatural thriller
Nomads in which Pierce plays
an anthropologist who gets swept into the world of a modern day killer cult led by Adam Ant.

Marina Sirtis actively supports Best Friends Animal Society,
the largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals in the U.S.
Best Friends also manages the No More Homeless Pets campaign, working with
shelters and animal welfare groups nationwide.
Other famous Best Friends supporters are Dan Aykroyd, Robert Culp, Laura Dern,
Jennie Garth, Tippi Hedren, Linda Hunt, Elizabeth Hurley, Bill Maher,
Wolfgang Petersen, David Crosby, Victoria Principal, René Russo, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron,
and Noah Wyle.
Marina has also helped the good people who run
Singita the first new no-kill, cage-free animal
sanctuary built in Los Angeles county in more than 30 years.

Marina can still be seen as Counselor Deanna Troi on reruns of
Star Trek The Next Generation on Spike TV. And the complete ST:TNG series is
available on DVD

Actor James Cromwell, who was the voice of
Farmer Hoggett in Babe has been raising his own voice in support of farm animals through
Farm Sanctuary Says James, "If any kid ever realized what was involved in factory farming they
would never touch meat again. I was so moved by the intelligence, sense of fun
and personalities of the animals I worked with on
Babe that by the end of the film
I was a vegetarian." Paul McCartney, Moby, Noah Wylie, Kim Basinger, Linda Blair,
Daryl Hannah, Alicia Silverstone, Persia White, Mary Tyler Moore and Casey Affleck are other
famous vegetarians working with
Farm Sanctuary.

Doris Day made 39 films and two television series but for the past three decades her
full-time career has been her work with animals. She created two non-profit organizations:
the Doris Day Animal League national lobbying organization
which works on legislation relating to animal welfare issues and
the Doris Day Animal Foundation
dedicated to promoting increased protection for animals through educational and community outreach programs
like Spay Day USA.

In 1989, her talents as an entertainer were honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime
Achievement Award; in 1991, she was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American
Comedy Awards.
She has been called “the most under-rated star of all time"; the range of Doris Day's work was without peer.
She starred in the classic movie musicals
Calamity Jane and
The Pajama Game and
some of the best-loved romantic comedies of the 1960s:
Pillow Talk
and
Lover Come Back with Rock Hudson,
That Touch of Mink with Cary Grant and
The Thrill of It All with James Garner and
8 of Doris' best movies are available as a collection on
DVD and the first
season of her 1969 TV series
The Doris Day Show is coming out June 28.

Earl Holliman has been the President of Actors
and Others For Animals since 1976.
The organization was founded in 1971 by the late Richard Basehart and his wife Diana and
current board members include
Loretta Swit, JoAnne Worley and Betty White. Says Earl,
"Our office recieves anywhere from 100 to 300 calls a day for help.
We deal by and large with the elderly, the infirm, low-income families,
the homeless and the handicapped.
The only warm body many elderly or seriously ill people ever curl up next to is a dog or cat,
and far too often they can't afford to feed them properly, let alone pay for vet bills.
We help them pay to spay/neuter their animals, for emergency
medical costs and in some cases we supply them with pet food.
We make it posible for them to keep their animal companions."

Earl has the distinction of having starred "Where Is Everybody?" the pilot episode
of The Twilight Zone, now available on
DVD.
He played a rodeo rider in the TV show The Wide Country
then went on to a four year run as Sgt. Bill Crowley Police Woman. Earl also guest starred on episodes of
Gunsmoke, Cannon, Alias Smith and Jones, The Six Million Dollar Man, Bonanza and Dr. Kildare.

Loretta hosted Those Incredible Animals twice weekly on the Discovery Channel
for five years and the series can still be seen on Animal Planet.
Loretta toured the United States and Canada performing the play "Shirley Valentine" in 1998 but
she is perhaps best known for her
portrayal of the complex Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on
M.A.S.H., the groundbreaking TV series of the 1970s
which can still be seen in reruns all over the world. All seven seasons are also available on
DVD.

Catwoman Eartha Kitt has long supported the good work of the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
and was their annual
Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month spokesperson in June 2003. Said Eartha,
"At this time of year when animal shelters are over-flowing with cats of all ages,
there has never been a better time to adopt a feline friend.
Bringing this new friend into your home and heart will help reduce stress and improve the overall quality of your life forever."
She also lent her name and support to the
North Shore Animal League's "Kitt for Cat"
feline adoption program.

Eartha Kitt has been performing and recording since the 1950's.
Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits is
an amazing collection that includes Let's Do It, C'Est Si Bon, I Want To Be Evil,
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
and the absolute best version of
Santa Baby you'll ever hear.
I saw her on Broadway in The Wild Party
a few years ago and she's still got It! If you get the chance, catch one of her
live performances this summer.

There are so many actors, musicians, writers and other famous folks who actively support animal welfare causes, if I tried to
write about them all I'd never stop! Bob Barker has been a proponent of animals rights for many years. He is retiring from The Price Is Right in June 2007 and plans to devote much of his time to the foundation he set up in 1994--DJ & T Foundation --a foundation that gives grants to low cost or free spay and neuter clinics.
Betty White has always loved animals and is known for her work with many charities including Morris Animal Foundation, a foundation that funds studies related to animal health, and the SPCA of Los Angeles.
Sarah McLachlan is a proud supporter and a current spokesperson for the ASPCA. Drew Barrymore also supports the ASPCA.
Robin Williams has worked for the Dolphin Safe Tuna campaign and Dixie Carter, for Fur Free.
And Senator Barack Obama pledges support for nearly every animal protection bill
currently pending in Congress, and he says he will work with executive agencies such as the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to make their policies more humane.

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